Birnam Hill Race
ResultsAnother Saturday another hill race, this time at Birnam which is pretty close to where I live so travel should have been easy. However, due to well-meaning but ill-starred efforts to give other people a lift, which failed miserably I…
Chapelgill – belated report
I'd hoped Murdo, Don, Malcolm or Ros would write a report for Chapelgill but no sign of it so here goes. A field of 50 plus turned up for this great wee race just outside Broughton. I'd done it twice before and had ran not too badly the previous…
Blairgowrie Hill Race
Went along to Blairgowrie highland games earlier today and took part in the hill race. Its marked in the calendar as 400m of climb but its nothing like that ......the organisers say its about 300 feet of climb which is probably understating…
Drumnadrochit-Achmony
ResultsJonathan Weir gave myself and davie Duncan a lift up to Drumnadrochit yesterday and on the way we went past Manny and Brenda's place to collect the trophy Manny won last year as he was unable to defend it this time. Great wee hurl up…
Craigengower – Straiton
Headed off down to deepest Ayrshire on Saturday to do the race at Straiton. Never been there before so was pleasantly surprised to find it was a picture postcard village sitting in a bowl in the hills and the route was pretty straightforward.…
Uists part 2 – Ben Kenneth
On Sunday we drove down to the Heather-thatched hostel at Howmore in South Uist and managed to get accommodation in what must be one of the most laid back arrangements ever....the warden was rarely seen and you left your money in a jar on an…
Oxton gala hill race
In my quest to run every proper hill race in the calendar I headed off down to Oxton south of Dalkeith on Saturday. Start was at 12:30 in a great wee games field with the sun beating down but, thankfully, a cool breeze. The race doesn't have…
Knock Hill Race
Travelled through to Crieff last night and had a cracking run in the rescheduled Knock Hill Race.
It must have clashed as there were only 30 or so runners. It was a lovely wee route of 8k with mostly runnable trail and a few tough little digs.…
Ben Sheann
ResultsThis may be a small race but it is a classic. Even the plethora of midges couldn't spoil the enjoyment of this race. Alistadair Anthony won in 27:17. There were 7 Westie men in attendance.6th Alan Gilkison 31:2711th Graham Kelly 32:1812th…
Peebles Gypsy Glen
Last night I was the only Westie, unless there were some stealth Westies wearing other gear, in this wee race which I'd never done before. The race starts at the Gytes Leisure centre in Peebles and finishes in Victoria Park and does not follow…